You're Beautiful
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The pink hair woman was sitting on the train with a bewildered expression on her face. She was holding the small object in her pale hands. The man had dropped this…he must have been in a hurry. No! He couldn't have been in a hurry if he stopped to watch her after the doors closed.
He had dropped this!
The words were running around in her head…just swimming around in her head and she couldn't get over it. This ring looked expensive, like an engagement ring.
She never held an engagement ring before; she had only seen them in jewelry stores and magazines. She couldn't help but notice that it was beautiful. It almost matched her hair. Whoever this man was engaged to was a truly lucking woman, Sakura thought.
Her fingers traced the heart shaped diamond in wonder. Who could this man be? She bent down to get a closer look at the jewel, not caring if her hair fell in front of her face. Sasuke never gave her such a ring before. Her anger rose thinking about it. Sasuke never really gave her anything like this in their relationship. He would shrug it off and say that his love was greater than any gift he could give her. It was nothing but bull, she even knew that, but she couldn't explain why she was still with the raven.
She thought he had blonde hair, but it was hard to tell. The man had come out of nowhere dropping this beautiful gift. She tried to give it back to him, but the doors closed. The stranger was looking at her. She knew it. How…he…did he want her to have it? That's silly, why would he want her to have this? He didn't even know her, so why would he drop this on the floor.
Maybe this is some type of test…yes that's it! A test of being a Good Samaritan like those shows she saw on TV.
She ran a pale hand through her bubblegum locks. This wasn't happening to her, it couldn't be.
"Something wrong?" The voice shocked her enough to jump.
Onyx met Apple green. "No, why do you ask?" She looked at her 'boyfriend' to see him glaring at the ring in her hands.
"Who gave this to you?" He said as he sat next to her grabbing the ring from her hands inspecting it.
"No one…I found it." This was true.
"You. Found. This?" He held the expensive ring up so that she could see it clearly. "What happened? What kind of idiot would drop this?"
"Yeah." Sakura said. Uncertainty held onto her voice as she stared at her boyfriend. Whoever dropped this must be freaking out by now or…she didn't know. The hooded person was the one who dropped it, she was sure of it.
'We have arrived to 4th Sound Station, mind the gap'
"Well that's our stop." Sasuke said pulling his girlfriend up and out the substation. When they resurfaced the raven raised is hand and immediately a yellow and black taxi pulled to the curb by the couple.
"You get home safely, kay?" He looked into her jade eyes. Sakura could have sworn she saw concern in her stoic boyfriend.
"Okay." She got in the car and before it could pull away her raven turned to the drive and gave him his family's trademark death glare and handed him some bills.
"Greenburg on 45th street." The older man nodded his head and drove off.
The pink fairy sunk in her seat when the car pulled off. Why couldn't Sasuke take the taxi with her? Why did he...questions were running through her head. She didn't want to turn around but curiously got the best of her. Her little pink head rose silently and her body shifted in her seat.
The sight that greeted her made her wish she stayed staring at the road. Sasuke, her raven, was talking to the redhead that was on the sub. He had his hand around her waist and his face was too close to hers. Sakura watch them exchange words and kiss as the scene became smaller and smaller as she got farther and farther away. Warm tears ran down her face as she sat back down in her seat. She took the end of her sleeve and wiped her eyes. Her hand once again found comfort in her pockets. Her small finger wrapped around the small round object.
She was going to stop crying and find this person. She didn't have to think about Sasuke or that other girl. She could just think about returning the ring, yeah, that's what she's going to do.
So when she stepped out of the taxi and walked to her condo, she had a new goal.
"So you're telling me that some guy on the tube dropped this and you want to give it back?" Her blond friend said looking at the ring. She was talking fast making some of her European accent apparent.
"Yes." The pinkette nodded.
"And you have no information on the guy. You just know he was wearing a hoodie and dropped this very expensive ring."
"Yes."
Her blonde friend looked at her with baby blue eyes. It was obvious what she was trying to tell her. The pinkette felt her shoulders sink. Now that Ino said this it made her mission sound impossible.
"Is there anyway of tracking this person?" Her apple green eyes looked at her friend with hope that made the blond sigh. The girl looked like some puppy and Ino was a sucker for puppies.
"Yes, but you better be praying. If he paid in cash, finding him will be even harder." The blond looked at the pink diamond again. "This must be a Didier Clayton original. Hmmm, DC cost a lot of money."
"DC?"
"He's one of the top jewelry makers in Konoha!" Ino stood up with a dreamy look in her eyes. "It's a girl's dream to have one of his creations on her finger." She sat back down as if someone popped her bubble. "I've been dropping hints for that lazy ass."
"He's going to propose?" Sakura asked.
Shikamaru, appropriately nick name 'lazy ass', has been dating Ino for quite some time. The pinkette only talked to the lazy genius a handful of times. He was a very simple guy, he just wanted to 'watch the clouds and have a wife with a kid or two'. Those were his exact words. If he knew what kind of ring Ino wanted, if they were to get married, he would call her a troublesome woman and walk away. There will be no doubt in the pinkette's mind that her friend wanted an expensive ring. The two were an old couple just like her and…no she was not going to think about that now.
"I think he is but you know." The blonde looked at her friend's eyes jade eyes. She looked upset about something but she decided against it, the rosette would tell her when she's ready. "Hey, I have a question."
"What is it?"
"I realized that if you said the person who dropped this was on the tube and he was wearing a hoodie means either two things."
"And what are those things?" Sakura looked at her friend.
"It means either he's rich and just keeps it on the low or he's a delinquent and stole the ring." Ino stood up and walked to the front door with her car keys in hand.
"Really? I never thought of that."
"Well you should." Ino opened the door and walked out. "Hey, lock that door when you come out or my parents will get me." The blue eyed blond shouted out her car window.
"Okay." Sakura did as she was told and locked the door before closing it. "So where are going?" She asked closing the door to the small dark purple Nissan.
"To DC's workshop." The blonde said simply while shifting the gears.
The car pulled off quickly. Sakura's small hands gripped the seatbelt. She forgot how wild Ino's driving could be. It was almost like her attitude.
"Don't worry; I don't live far from the place. It's just off the expressway by the strip." Ino tore her eyes from the road to give her friend a look of reassurance, but that only made the pinkette more paranoid than she already was. "Don't look like that. You look like your staring at your death bed."
'Maybe I am'. Sakura thought tightening her hold on the seatbelt. "Don't mind me Ino, just drive."
"Okay, if you say so."
After ten minutes, the car ride was over much to Sakura's relief. They both hopped out the car and walked down the busy strip. You could find anything you wanted in Konoha's famous strip, 'Shinobi'. You could find the latest fashions, jewels, restaurants, anything. That's why she wasn't surprised when she walked in to a lavished boutique with nothing but the finest jewels.
Diamonds, gems, emeralds, sapphires, rubies, even some she didn't know the name of were out in the display cases. One thing that rang in Sakura's mind was that all the precious stones were real. Her mind could not grasp the millions and millions of dollars this little store held. They were all out on display. Some were draped on manikins, some were on pillows it was like–
"OMG Sakura-chan, look at this!" Ino grabbed her arm and dragging her across the store to one of the display cases.
It was a collection of purple diamonds. They were pretty…no elegant like something you might see a queen wear. They were out. Some of the bigger stones were skillfully placed on a white gold grown while others danced on a pillow, sparkling. Her green eyes reflected through the glass to stare at the many rings and necklaces.
"Are you ladies enjoying yourselves?" A deep voice said from behind them.
"Yes! Sir your collection is beautiful. It's beyond compare." Ino said. The two girls turned around to be greeted by dark hazel eyes and red hair.
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